LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

St. Helier, Jersey - At 10.45 p.m. on I3th July, 1967, the duty harbour official was informed that a yacht was adrift off St. Brelades Bay. The life-boat Elizabeth Rippon was launched at 11.18 in a light breeze and a calm sea. It was half an...

Clogher Head, Co. Louth - At i.o p.m. on I2th August, 1967, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht with white sails and a red hull appeared to be in difficulties off Carlingford bar.

The life-boat George...

Dungeness, Kent. At 10.5 a.m. on i8th June, 1965, the coxswain heard that the yacht Dhow Moa was having difficulty in making Folkestone harbour because of bad weather and had been aground on two occasions. The life-boat Mabel E.

In addition to three different types of Christmas card, the Institution will this year have for sale a twelve-page calendar. On each page there will be a striking colour photograph of a seascape, several of them having direct lifeboat...

St. Ives, Cornwall - At 11.57 a-m- on 9th April, 1966, the owner of the speedboat Zepturb informed the honorary secretary that his boat was out of fuel and was drifting out to sea in St. Ives Bay.

The IRB was launched...

Arthur and Rcil Billitt, well known through the television gardening programme Clack's Farm, have for many vears donated to the RNLI the proceeds from their car-park at Clack's Farm for one Sunday in everv summer month. They also... - View image in PDF

Exmouth: On Sunday June 12 Exmouth D class inflatable lifeboat, manned by Helmsman Clive Harris and Crew Member Christopher Douglas, launched to help a 14-year-old boy cut off by the tide on the rocks at Orcombe Point. Helmsman Harris first... - View image in PDF

Lobster boat sunk THE LIGHTKEEPERS on Tory Island sent a message to the honorary secretary of Arranmore lifeboat station at 2015 on Saturday, September 17, reporting that a half-decker lobster fishing boat had gone on the rocks. The crew of...